The Man Who Wanted a Child
6.2
Alfred lives with his mother in a small village keeping chickens and selling eggs at the local market. He doesn't speak, except to his mother and to children. He has a girlfriend of sorts, although she shies away from any physical contact with her. But more than anything, Alfred wants a child. As natural fatherhood is out of the question he takes the next best option, and makes an application to adopt. With a very un-French lack of bureaucracy Alfred's adoptive son arrives, but turns out not to be the bouncing baby he was hoping for. [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]
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Artus de Penguern
Alfred
Known for
Amélie
Les Misérables
Darry Cowl
Jules
Known for
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Up to His Ears
Delphine Gleize
Known for
#Iamhere
Bénédicte Couvreur
Crystel Fournier
Valérie Donzelli
Suzanne
Known for
Declaration of War
Notre Dame
Arthur H.
Known for
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Jérôme Dopffer
Esther Gorintin
Mother
Also in
Since Otar Left
Wimbledon Stage
François Quiqueré
Rolande Kalis
Also in
The Men in the Family
Young Wolves
Yves Fournier
Delphine Gleize Director · Crystel Fournier Cinematographer François Quiqueré Editor
First release October 24, 2006 · Produced in France · Production CinéCinéma, Région Aquitaine
Production
Balthazar Productions
Production
CinéCinéma
Production
Région Aquitaine
Production
Soficinéma
Production
France
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Original title
L'homme qui rêvait d'un enfant
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 24, 2006
Premiere · London Film Festival
France · March 21, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
September 23, 2007 · Copenhagen International Film Festival
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